Dauntless Productions will perform "Dracula' Friday-Sunday and Oct. 29-30 at the Masonic Temple Theatre. Pictured are Alex Brown as Dracula and Meg Hale as Mina. / Special to the Citizen-Times

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Need a good scare? Now's the time to get one, with Halloween lurking just around the corner. It's a rock-solid lineup leading up to Halloween weekend, when Asheville hosts the three-day Moogfest electronic music bash.

That event will dominate Halloween weekend, but if monsters are your thing, step this way for some frightful fun.

Screen scene

• “Paranormal Activity 2'' opens today at the Beaucatcher, Biltmore Grande, Carolina Asheville, Epic. Few details have been revealed about this sequel to last year's fright masterpiece “Paranormal Activity.”

• “Hereafter” opens today at Beaucatcher, Biltmore Grande, Carolina Asheville, Epic. Matt Damon heads this cast about people touched in different ways by death. Find a review on Page 26.

• “My Soul to Keep” continues at the Biltmore Grande, Carolina Asheville, Carmike, Epic. Wes Craven directed this new thriller about a serial killer who may have returned from the grave. It's not been getting very good reviews.

• “Rifftrax Live: The House on Haunted Hill” gets one show at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Carolina Asheville. The stars of TV's “Mystery Science 3000” poke fun at the Vincent Price classic.

• “The Last Exorcism” returns Oct. 29 to the Cinebarre. A sleazy preacher lets a camera crew film an exorcism. Really good until the very end. Tickets will be $3, same as all of Cinebarre's movies now, and just $1 on Sunday — Halloween itself.

• “The Thing” also returns Oct. 29 to the Cinebarre. Scientists in the Antarctic tangle with a shape-shifting alien. John Carpenter wrote and directed this 1982 thriller. Tickets will be $3 daily, $1 on Sunday.

Outside

• “Dracula” has shows at7:30 p.m. today and Saturday-Sunday and Oct. 29-30 at the Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway St. Dauntless Productions presents Bram Stoker's frightful classic in the top-floor theater at the temple. $10 and $8 online, and $12 at the door. Sunday is pay-what-you-can night, no reservations, first come, first served. 254-5146. www.montfordparkplayers.org

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• Pinhead's Graveyard runs through Nov. 1 off Montgomery Street behind the Waffle House on Smoky Park Highway. Movie ghouls lurk in the woods. Don't come if you can't take a good scare. $15. 670-8BAT. www.pinheadsgraveyard.com

• “The Legend of Tommy Hodges” starts at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. today and Saturday at the Cradle of Forestry in America Historic Site, 1001 Pisgah Highway, Pisgah Forest. It's an outdoor haunted drama about the supposed disappearance of a student in 1906 from the Biltmore Forest School.

• LaZoom Haunted Comedy Tour is Friday-Saturday and Oct. 28-31, departing from the Thirsty Monk Pub, 92 Patton Ave. A wild and spooky tour of Asheville, including murders, mystery and more from your host Lando Ski. You must be 18 to ride. Beer and wine are permitted onboard to ages 21 and older. $15. Visit the website for departure times. www.lazoomtours.com/shows. 225-6932.

Music

Asheville Community Band's “Sooktacular” Concert is at3 p.m. Oct. 31 in the Asheville High School auditorium. Come in costume for scary selections perfect for Halloween. $8, students and children free. 254-2234.

The clubs will also be busy; find the full Club Scene listings for the next seven days starting on Page 21. Here are just a few samples from Halloween weekend:

Festival

The biggest music event of Halloween weekend has nothing to do with frights. It's the inaugural Moogfest, Oct. 29-31, with shows at The Orange Peel, Asheville Civic Center Arena and Thomas Wolfe Auditorium.

It may well be the biggest ticketed Asheville music event of the year, with bands including Devo, Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation, MGM and more. Find more on Page 4 and online at www.CITIZEN-TIMES.com/moogfest.